I have been working on a little personal project for a while now and I can finally share the finished product with you.
This started out as a present idea for my mum as she is the biggest lover of birds I know, which I guess has rubbed of onto me.
As usual I got a little carried away, I am always experimenting with mediums and I have wanted to get some of my illustrations printed onto fabric for a while and decided to have a sample silk scarf made, I was so happy with the results I have had a small print run made and these will be available for sale very soon, Inbox me if you are interested.

WIP Diamond Python

These are a couple of progress shots of a work I recently finished, this work has become one of my favorite pieces, not because its my best or most brilliant, but becuase of the Diamond Python.
I have had a lifelong love and fascination of snakes which started as a child and is because of my Dad.
We grew up on a property on the South Coast surrounded by bushland and National Parks, so our house was a regular drop in centre for all things furry, feathered and scaly.
Whenever we found a snake lurking amongst the foliage in the garden or yard, Dad would come, casually pick it up by the tail and release them down by the creek on our property.
When it was a python there was always excitement and the opportunity to have a hold, and most of the time it was Diamond Pythons.
Diamonds are the most beautiful looking snakes and also have the most gentle nature, rarely were any aggressive, we even had them living in my bedroom roof for a while and on one very hot summer night my sister was woken by the biggest Diamond we have ever seen who had crawled in her window and become a bed buddy.
So this Drawing has become my Dads, as he was the one who inspired it.

Born Again

 After a year and a half, alot of thought and much procrastinating, I have decide to get my blog up and running again.
Firstly I want to say sorry, I hate when blogs dont have semi regular posts and am the first to admit that a year and a half is far too long between posts, so I hope you will forgive me.
There is a pretty good reason I have been absent this long and he will be celebrating his first birthday this month, my beautiful son Sabian.
I stopped posting when I was pregnant as I was feeling a little ill and didnt have much creative energy, this little break unintentionally became a much larger one as my life as a creative was taken over by life as a mum.  The journey has been so amazing and I didnt want to miss a moment but after such a big break,  the creative urges are taking over and I finally feel ready to get back into my Artwork , so await new things, projects and maybe even a bit of craft as I have been learning a few new skills as a mum.

On The Wall: In collaboration with Finders Keepers

Artists Announced:

I am pretty chuffed to be chosen as part of On The Wall an exibition held by Leeloo in conjunction with The Finders Keepers Markets, if your in Sydney 3 & 4th December check it out.

Here are the other Amazing Artists, that will be exibiting as well, and a big congrats to Merri Anneli who is also involved and is local Coast girl who I grew up with.

In alphabetical order as seen above we present ::

Abby Seymour :: Alex Louisa  :: amy borrell
Amy Bortolazzo :: Anika Cook :: Bec Winnel
Bessie Nunes :: Brooke Holm :: Danielle Reck
Emma Leonard :: enyaj :: Erin Flannery
Genevieve Ryan :: Grace McKellar :: James Thomson
Jessica Hyde :: Jessica Singh :: Jordan Clarke
Kareem Rizk :: Kate McCarthy :: Kirbee Lawler
Lalita Lu :: Laura Carey :: Lauren Carney
Manuela Strano :: Matthew Roland :: Meeri Anneli
Moofus :: Natalie Perkins:: Nicholas R Eagar
Paula Mills :: Susan Simonini :: Terry Chisholm

Design Federation Annual

I am Happy to announce I will have my work featured in the Design Federation Annual, This Is the first of an Annual publication for Design Federation and it features contributing works from designers,  graphic designers, Artists and Arty type people. Heres a little spiel about the book from Design Federation

This print debut will serve as a striking visual showcase of the community in a beautiful, full-colour inspiration book. The theme of the book was “1” to celebrate the first book of its kind and demonstrate Design Federation’s solidarity with the Aussie design community.

All profits from The Federation Annual will be going to Mission Australia’s Creative Youth Initiative (CYI). Based in Sydney’s Surry Hills, CYI is a unique service that provides young people aged 16-25, who are facing many and varied challenges in their lives, such as homelessness, mental health issues, substance abuse, family breakdown, unemployment and early school leavers the opportunity to access professional and accredited creative programs. Design Federation has partnered with CYI to raise awareness for the program and promote their inspirational work.

The Federation Annual is available for $34.40 pre-order via  Big Cartel site 

Empty magazine

I am very, very, very exited to feature in the latest issue of Empty magazine, Issue 19.
This is home grown Aussie mag and always features an absolutely amazing mix of Artists whom I am seriously in awe of. The first time I discovered this magazine I bought a copy of every issue the gallery stocked!
 The magazine is the brain child of Andrew Johnstone, of Semi Permanent and Design is Kinky fame and is almost text free and chocked full of visual pleasure, just the way I like it, check it out and or order a copy at http://www.emptymag.com/

Mambo Artist search

I have entered the Mambo Artist search, They were absolutely epic when I was a teenager and I have always loved the brand,  and of course Reg is one of my favourite Artists of all time!!!!!!!!!!!
The winner gets a Macbook pro and has there work printed on T.Shirts, well you just never know your luck.......................
here are my 3 works I entered.